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Don't Tax Soda, Tax Fat Soda Drinkers

Steven R. Gundry | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Steven R. Gundry

There are two ways to slow obesity: One, limit where and when simple carbohydrates can be used (it worked in World War II). Or two, tax the consequences of their overuse.

Much to Like. More to Come?

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living


Dr. Andrew Weil

There was much to like in President Obama's health care reform speech to a joint session of Congress. But we need to remember that medical insurance reform of any kind is doomed without medical content reform.

Too Much Medicine: A Doctor's Guide to Better and More Affordable Health Care

Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living


Dr. Dennis Gottfried

American health care is failing, suffering with problems that jeopardize our well-being and that worsen each day. Science, tempered by compassion, once controlled medical decisions--but no longer.